The Liberator Released The Liberator Released
In the issue of January 4, 1866, The Nation--itself founded by a group of abolitionists--paid tribute to the final issue of William Lloyd Garrison's fiery anti-slavery newspaper,...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Michele Willens
US Commandos Kill Innocents, CIA Pays Off Kin–A Model Program? US Commandos Kill Innocents, CIA Pays Off Kin–A Model Program?
Two months ago, I wrote a piece for the "The Los Angeles Times" proposing that Afghan civilians who had lost relatives, limbs, homes and businesses due to e...
Feb 7, 2002 / David Corn
Indian Giving Indian Giving
"I see Native people dying every day because they can't afford health insurance," Elouise Cobell said over the phone in mid-January from Washington, DC, as she prepared to testi...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Chris Lombardi
George W. Bush’s ‘Homeland Insecurity’ George W. Bush’s ‘Homeland Insecurity’
George W. Bush wants to drain the Social Security trust fund, with a proposal to divert more than $2 trillion in Social Security and Medicaresurpluses over the next ten years. ...
Feb 6, 2002 / John Nichols
Educational (and Essential) Television Educational (and Essential) Television
Rare is the evening when we would suggest that turning on the television set could represent the best way to study up on a vital issue -- especially so complex an issue as the d...
Feb 5, 2002 / John Nichols
An Orgy of Defense Spending An Orgy of Defense Spending
Now we get to see just how cowardly the Democrats in Congress can be.
Feb 5, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush and Lay: A Common Pattern of Stock Dumps? Bush and Lay: A Common Pattern of Stock Dumps?
I had hoped to be reporting in this space today the answers of disgraced Enron CEO Ken Lay to a host of impolite questions. As you might have heard, Lay wa...
Feb 4, 2002 / David Corn
A Recovered Movement A Recovered Movement
On Saturday, February 2, approximately 12,000 demonstrators gathered in New York City to protest the meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Feb 4, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Another Thousand Points of Light Another Thousand Points of Light
Few presidents in the history of the United States have been given the opportunity handed George W. Bush to lead the nation to higher ground. No president, with the possible exce...
Feb 1, 2002 / John Nichols
Letter From Pôrto Alegre Letter From Pôrto Alegre
PÔRTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL--In their last full day of discussion and debate, the thousands of delegates attending the World Social Forum were asking themselves not only what they...
Jan 31, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper